Can I change the location of my disks after setting up an HA cluster?
Last modified date:
2025-06-20
Applicable Products
- QuTS hero h5.3.0 or later
- High Availability Manager
Answer
Do not change the physical locations of your disks after creating a high-availability (HA) cluster.
Moving your installed disks into different slots may disrupt the connection between the two NAS devices and cause the cluster to malfunction.
Note
- You can still safely move disks that are not part of any storage pool without needing to remove the HA cluster.
- To prevent data loss, always back up important data before performing any operations involving disks.
- If you move any disks, always make sure the corresponding disks on both devices are moved to matching disk slots.
Further Reading
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